Vehicle for collecting ashes



Jul 21, 1931.

VEHICLE FOR COLLECTING ASHES A. H. LEIPERT Filed April 4, 1930 2She'ets-Sheet 1 1|? MD! 1H1 v jzwmt'ozz 7 ye/1t Patented July 21, 1931UNITED STATES AUGUST H. LEIPERT, OIQVCOLLEGEJ-APQINT,

PATENT OFFICE NEW you, Y.,V ssleme 'ro' INTER NATIONAL MOTOR COMPANY, onNEW YRK,1\T. Y., AconPonATIon or DEL-AWARE VEHICLE F031 oemcmme ASHESApplication filed A ril 4, 1930. s rial No. 441,486.

The present invention relates to vehicles of the commercial type andembodies, more specifically, an improved Vehicle for collect'-.

ing and transporting ashes and other refuse, Lnthe construction thereofbeing such that the substance to be loaded and. transported is easilyloaded and the body thereof being of such character that it may beloaded to its maximum content.

Existing vehicles designed for service of this character, in order to'carry a suflicient quantity of refuse, are constructed with bodieswhich are comparatively large and therefore difficult to load... It isquite usual ;therefore With existing designs to have a man on the bodyto supervise the loading,

helping not only in the distribution of the load within the body but inthe actual lifting f the containers which are to be'dumped.

With a View to eliminating the personal re-- quired in service of thischaracter, the presentinvention seeks to provide a body which isautomatically loaded, the contents being lifted from a convenientlocation and dumped into the body by a power operated mechanism. In thismanner, the containers to be dumped need only be lifted to a relativelylow height and dumped into a suitable receiving bin, the refuse sodumped being automatically lifted and loaded within the body by means ofa conveyor described hereinafter; 7

An object of the invention, accordingly, is

to provide a vehicle ofthe above character,

5 I the same being constructed in such manner that substance to beloaded therein need only be lifted to" a moderate height, the capacityof the vehicle nevertheless being preserved at a maximum.

vide a construction of the abovecharacter, a power driven conveyor beingprovided to lift the refuse to be transported from a convenient heightto the top of the body in order that the body may have a maximumcapacity.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter by means of which the body may be loaded to its maximumcontent.

A further object of the invention is to pro-i the present invention andprovided with a body having a preferred form of loading mechanism.

Flgure 2 lsa v1ew in section, taken on line 22 of Figure 1, and lookingin the direction of the arrows. V V

Figure 3 is a view in section, taken on line 33 of Figure 2, and lookingin the direction of the arrows. j

Referrin'gto the above drawings, adesignates the chassis of a vehiclewhich may be of any well known form. Upon this chassis a body bismounted, the same preferably be inghinged thereto at a. A sourceofpower, which preferably is the engine of the vehicle, drivesa powershaft 5 for supplying; power to a loading mechanism describedhereinafter.

Although the body may take any desired form, it is shown as generallyrectangular and preferably constructed "so that it is complete- 1yclosedand comparatively airtight. A door b? is preferably hinged thereonat 6 as shown in Figure 1, this construction being such that thecontents of thebody may be readily dumped when the door is unlatched andthe body moved to the position shown in dot and dash linesin Figure 1. i

At the forward extremity of the body an enlarged housing 0 is formed.This housing is provided with a cylindrical drum d which is preferablymounted'upo-n the front end plate of the enlarged housing 0 and securedwithin the body Z) by means of a supporting plate d. In this manner, theend wall 0 of the enlarged housing 0 and the plate cl serve as asupporting means, not only for the drum cl, but also for stub shaftsewhich are secured in th'e plates c and (1. These stub shafts e areprovided with rollers; e which support an annular conveyor f. I

This conveyor is forme'd of spaced'annular parallel plates 7, the innerand outer peripheries of which are turned over as at f and f Irespectively. Between the plates f, lifting buckets f are secured, theform of these buckets being illustrated in Figure 2. The buckets 7 thusserve not only as a lifting means but also as a bracing means for theplates f. Within the space formed by the flanges of the forward plate 7"and secured to the inner flange 7 is an annular geared track 9 which isengaged by a driving pinion g, mounted upon shaft g which is journaledwithin the front plate 0. A bevel gear 9 is secured to the shaft 5/ andis engaged by a cooperating pinion g which is mounted upon power shaft6. A housing g serves to enclose the driving mechanism described aboveand, in this manner, power from shaft Z) is supplied to the annularconveyor in order to effect its rotation.

At a point on the enlarged portion 0 of the housing and adjacent thelower extremity thereof, a bin 7i is provided, the lower surface h ofwhich is preferably sloped as shown in Figure 2. Trap door 72 is hingedat if in order that it may be opened readily and receive refuse which isto be loaded within the vehicle. After the contents of a can or otherreceptacle is emptied into the bin h the conveyor is operated to causethe buckets f to lift such contents until they reach an aperture d whichis formed within the cylindrical drum. (Z. Upon reaching this aperturethe buckets begin to move into a dumping position, thus emptying thecontents thereof into the cylindrical drum (Z. Continued loading, inthis fashion, causes the substance loaded to assume a position indicatedgenerally by dot and dash lines in Figure 3. In order that the fullcapacity of the body may be utilized the body is moved to the dumpingposition shown in dot and dash lines in Figure 1, at which time thecontents slide rearwardly and clear the region about the drum (Z, thusenabling further loading to be effected. Any well known form ofdumpingmechanism may be utilized and the connection of the power shaft7) may be such that it may be emptied efiectively without impairing thepower transmitting mechanism.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a vehicle has been constructed,the capacity of which is very great, at the same time, reducing thelabor involved in loading refuse, etc., into the body. Since the body isclosed and relatively airtight, offensive odors will not be present inthe vicinity of the vehicle and this objectionable characteristic tovehicles in service of this character is thus effectively overcome.

lVhile the invention has been described with specific reference to theaccompanying drawings, it is not to be limited, save as defined in theappended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A vehicle having a dump body, abin in the body adjacent the lowerportion of the same to receive material to be loaded, the bottom of thebin slopin downwardly and inwardly, a trap door for the bin, an annularconveyor mounted rotatably in the body adjacent the inner extremity ofthe sloping bottom of the bin, a cylindrical .drum in the conveyorhaving an open end adjacent the interior of the body and an apertureadjacent the upper portion thereof, and means to rotate the conveyor.

2. A vehicle having a dump body, a bin in the body adjacent the lowerportion of the same to receive material to be loaded, the bottom of thebin sloping downwardly and inwardly, an annular conveyor mountedrotatably in the body adjacent the inner extremity of the sloping bottomof the bin, a cylindrical drum in the conveyor having an open endadjacent the interior of the body and an aperture adjacent the upperportion thereof, and means to rotate the conveyor.

3. A vehicle having a dump body, means on the body adjacent the lowerportion of the same to receive material to be loaded, an annularconveyor mounted rotatably in the body adjacent the receiving means, acylindrical drum in the conveyor having an open end adjacent theinterior of the body and an aperture adjacent the upper portion thereof,and means to rotate the conveyor.

l. A vehicle having a body, means on the body adjacent the lower portionof the same to receive material to be loaded, an annular conveyor, meansto mount the conveyor rotatably on the body adjacent the receivingmeans, a cylindrical drum within the conveyor having an apertureadjacent its upper extremity, a power shaft, gear teeth on the conveyor,and gearing between the shaft and teeth to rotate the conveyor.

5. A vehicle having a body, means on the body adjacent the lower portionof the san're to receive material to be loaded, an annular conveyor,means to mount the conveyor rotatably on the body adjacent the receivingmeans, a cylindrical drum within the conveyor having an apertureadjacent its upper extremity, and means to rotate the conveyor.

6. A vehicle having a body, means on the body adjacent the lower portionof the same to receive material to be loaded, an annular conveyor, meansto mount the conveyor rotatably on the body adjacent the receivingmeans, and means to rotate the conveyor, and an annular drum within theconveyor having an aperture adjacent its upper extremity andcommunicating with the body.

This specification signed this 31st day of March, A. D. 1930.

AUGUST H. LEIPERT.

